Example sentences of "up [prep] christmas " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forty or fifty years ago , Irish traders also came to the fair bringing crates of geese and pullets , and the locals would buy a goose from them to fatten up for Christmas . |
| 2 | Latest official figures show that shoppers are even turning to credit again , to buy presents and stock up for Christmas . |
| 3 | Supermarkets everywhere reported excellent trading as whole families flocked to combine stocking up for Christmas with a day 's outing . |
| 4 | FANCY going to France to stock up for Christmas ? |
| 5 | Dress them up for Christmas ! |
| 6 | When Louis summoned , exceptionally , a third assembly in the same year , at Thionville , Pippin failed to appear ; and when he did turn up for Christmas at Aachen , there was a family row . |
| 7 | Oh we 're set up for Christmas now ! |
| 8 | But they may be booked up for Christmas day . |
| 9 | wrap them up for Christmas . |
| 10 | But then still runs it up for Christmas . |
| 11 | so er , cos me heart was in me mouth when they come up for Christmas , and that 's the last time they were up I thought me tree 's gon na go over , you know , I thought if he pulls at me tree or anything , but , he was , he was as good as gold for not , he was n't trying to get me ornaments or anything , he was er , you know , just happy to play with his own toys , so he was n't naughty . |
| 12 | I set off to Khan Market to buy something for my headache , only to find the roads were clogged with white Ambassadors dressed up as Christmas trees . |
| 13 | And , Rare parrots stolen … police believe they 'll end up as Christmas presents . |
| 14 | Since sobering up after Christmas he had degenerated into a deep depression . |
| 15 | We 're pulling this carpet up after Christmas . |
| 16 | And they 're ideal in kids room we 're gon na , we got , if we can get up after Christmas get them for Lee |
| 17 | Walking back through the jungle I thankfully did n't come across any trap-door spiders but as dusk fell I was entranced by a cluster of trees which were suddenly lit up like Christmas trees by the thousands of glow-worms out for a night of passion . |
| 18 | Marie says there 's a street in town that 's all lit up with Christmas lights — you know , all across the street and that . |
| 19 | Someone said London would seize up before Christmas . |
| 20 | More than 50 bookings were clocked up before Christmas and , in addition to Grainger and McDonough , defenders Tony English and Peter Cawley have also been suspended . |
| 21 | They arranged for Darren to come up before Christmas . |
| 22 | that 's why Richard phoned up before Christmas said do I want to go round to his place |
| 23 | Er , and I 'd forgotten to take the money up before Christmas so it was still here yesterday . |
| 24 | There will be thousands of separated parents who wake up on Christmas morning without their children . |
| 25 | He 'd better have a good reason for ringing me up on Christmas Day ! |
| 26 | Ringing me up on Christmas Day , I ask you ! |
| 27 | They are hung up on Christmas Eve . |
| 28 | May I just say that the majority of people will care for their animals but it is those people who buy , we have s er cases where erm people will turn up on Christmas day and say to their elderly relative , We bought you a puppy . |
| 29 | Oh , very often my wife goes out and digs one up on Christmas Eve and that has happened regular . |
| 30 | This is the start of the heavy banqueting season , leading up to Christmas , which should be a busy period for a lot of hotel restaurants . |